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China is an important strategic partner for the EU, despite fundamental divergences in some areas, mostly related to state intervention and fundamental human rights. The partnership offers mutually beneficial cooperation and dialogue in areas ranging from investment and transport to human rights and cybersecurity. China is navigating in new directions, guided by Xi Jinping's 'Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era’. Despite President Xi’s repeated avowals that 'the market ...

Pacific

EU Fact Sheets 01-09-2017

The EU is the Pacific region’s fourth trading partner, although the volume of trade is small in both absolute and relative terms. The EU is currently preparing to negotiate free trade agreements with Australia and New Zealand, which are important trading partners, and has a partnership with the 15 Pacific Independent Island Countries (PICTs), focused on development, fisheries and climate change, as well as partnerships with the four Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) and the Pacific Islands ...

East Asia

EU Fact Sheets 01-07-2017

Asia is the world’s largest and most populous continent, and of great geostrategic importance to the EU. The EU has three strategic partners in East Asia: China, Japan and the Republic of Korea. It faces security concerns in the region, such as the nuclear challenge in North Korea and the disputed South China Sea. The EU is a strong economic player and major aid and development donor, working to foster institution-building, democracy, good governance and human rights.

South Asia

EU Fact Sheets 01-06-2017

Asia is the world’s largest and most populous continent, of great geostrategic importance to the EU. The EU is forging closer ties with countries in South Asia. India is now a strategic partner of the EU. The EU has security concerns in the region, such as the Kashmir conflict and Afghanistan. The EU is a strong economic player and major development and aid donor, working to foster institution-building, democracy, good governance and human rights.

Southeast Asia

EU Fact Sheets 01-06-2017

Asia is the world’s largest and most populous continent, of great geostrategic importance to the EU. In Southeast Asia, ASEAN and ASEM are important interlocutors for the EU and the EU is forging closer ties with countries across the region. The EU is a strong economic player and important development and aid donor, working to foster institution-building, democracy, good governance and human rights.

After decades of authoritarian military rule, South Korea — an East Asian nation on the southern half of the Korean Peninsula — has opened up politically. The current president, Park Guen-hye, faces a range of domestic problems. Recently, a corruption scandal triggered widespread protests and caused her approval ratings to plummet. The US continues to be an important ally in both economic and political terms, particularly in light of deteriorating relations with North Korea, whose nuclear programme ...

Relations between the EU and India seem to be back on track since leaders met in Brussels, on 30 March 2016, for their first summit in four years. They endorsed the EU-India Agenda for Action 2020 and their water, clean energy and climate partnerships; they welcomed the negotiations on a broad-based Bilateral Trade and Investment Agreement (BTIA) and agreed that the fact that they are currently stalled should not stand in the way of the overall development of the relationship. They set a common agenda ...